TheTwinAndreBen
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For the purposes of the poll, we are only talking about felonies and we are assuming that the felons were guilty and rightfully convicted.
Lots of back and forth rhetoric on this lately. Dems obviously want this although it is clearly self serving for them.
I am of the opinion that voting is not a right, but a privilege, one that can be taken away if you break the social contract. It does not follow to me that society has determined you should be stripped of all your basic rights, including the right move around freely, but somehow you should still be able to vote.
On the other hand, I have also seen the redneck legislators in FL impose all sort of hurdles and fees and completely subjective, arbitrary standards on folks trying to reinstate their rights.
I think I come down that in the cases of the worst, violent felonies, its a permanent bar, but for lesser ones either automatically reinstate, or have a federally mandated fair, objective, expedited process to reinstate that doesn't overly burden the applicant.
Lots of back and forth rhetoric on this lately. Dems obviously want this although it is clearly self serving for them.
I am of the opinion that voting is not a right, but a privilege, one that can be taken away if you break the social contract. It does not follow to me that society has determined you should be stripped of all your basic rights, including the right move around freely, but somehow you should still be able to vote.
On the other hand, I have also seen the redneck legislators in FL impose all sort of hurdles and fees and completely subjective, arbitrary standards on folks trying to reinstate their rights.
I think I come down that in the cases of the worst, violent felonies, its a permanent bar, but for lesser ones either automatically reinstate, or have a federally mandated fair, objective, expedited process to reinstate that doesn't overly burden the applicant.
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